# 2007 Sedgefield Borough Council election

Elections to Sedgefield Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.
A notable result was in New Trimdon and Trimdon Grange ward where the Conservative Party candidate Shirley Bowes obtained no votes.
This was the last Sedgefield borough election to be held during the premiership of the borough's then MP, Tony Blair, who resigned as Prime Minister and as the Member for Sedgefield the following month.

## Election result

Sedgefield Local Election Result 2007 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 28 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 56.0 | 47.8 | 28,687 | -8.9 |
| Independent | 15 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 30.0 | 26.8 | 16,071 | +5.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | 6 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 12.0 | 12.9 | 7,761 | -2.5 |
| Conservative | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 5.5 | 3,276 | +0.7 |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6.6 | 3,958 | +6.0 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 247 | New |

## Ward results

Bishop Middleham and Cornforth (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Alan Hodgson | 600 |
| | Independent | Tony Brimm | 499 |
| | Labour | Mick Simpson | 485 |
| | Conservative | Robert Bagshaw | 272 |
| | BNP | Christopher Gibson | 127 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,983 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Broom (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Pauline Crathorne | 603 |
| | Labour | Bernard Lamb | 602 |
| | Labour | David Newell | 579 |
| | Independent | Brian Gibson | 471 |
| | Independent | Tommy Garrett | 428 |
| | Independent | George Morgan | 277 |
| | Independent | Brian Meek | 276 |
| | Independent | Eric Gillingham | 157 |
| | Conservative | Margaret Waller | 123 |
| | BNP | Peter Sewell | 117 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,633 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
Byerley (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Huntington | 596 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gareth Howe | 383 |
| | Labour | James Younghusband | 258 |
| | Independent | Ricky Matthews | 244 |
| | Independent | Ann Hammond | 211 |
| | Labour | Gloria Wills | 206 |
| | BNP | Paul Clarke | 101 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,999 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Chilton (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Christine Potts | 978 |
| | Labour | Brian Avery | 967 |
| | Labour | Frank Forrest | 826 |
| | BNP | Carl Whelpdale | 649 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,420 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
Ferryhill (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | David Farry | 577 |
| | Labour | Jim Higgin | 549 |
| | Labour | Kath Conroy | 546 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Mountford | 501 |
| | Independent | Kevin Storey | 482 |
| | Labour | Ron Patchett | 463 |
| | BNP | Robert Gray | 151 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,269 |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
Fishburn and Old Trimdon (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | John Burton | 921 |
| | Labour | Terence Ward | 845 |
| | Labour | David Chaytor | 816 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Mountford | 360 |
| | Conservative | Christine Moyle | 346 |
| | BNP | Michael Harnett | 261 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,549 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
Greenfield Middridge (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Irene Hewitson | 522 |
| | Labour | Dorothy Bowman | 499 |
| | Labour | Vincent Crosby | 490 |
| | Independent | June Croft | 484 |
| | Independent | Alison Palmer | 478 |
| | Labour | Brian Hall | 445 |
| | Conservative | Nick Crass | 261 |
| | BNP | Clive Cooper | 164 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,343 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
Low Spennymoor and Tudhoe Grange (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Andrew Gray | 846 |
| | Labour | Andrew Smith | 837 |
| | Labour | John Khan | 791 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Clive Maddison | 567 |
| | BNP | Adam Walker | 557 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bill Scott | 542 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Jones | 512 |
| | Conservative | Paul Carmedy | 191 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,843 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
Middlestone (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | William Waters | 720 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kevin Thompson | 644 |
| | Labour | Colin Nelson | 595 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Sproat | 557 |
| | Labour | Marie Predki | 535 |
| | BNP | Ian Moore | 435 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Calvin Kipling | 386 |
| | Conservative | Mark Abley | 294 |
| | Independent | Russell Stewart | 164 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,330 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Neville and Simasture (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Bill Blenkinsopp | 768 |
| | Independent | Alan Warburton | 575 |
| | Labour | Sarah Iveson | 560 |
| | Labour | John Moran | 535 |
| | Independent | Paul Ducker | 482 |
| | Labour | Chris Wheeler | 411 |
| | BNP | Barry Davies | 194 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,530 |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
New Trimdon and Trimdon Grange :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Lucy Hovvels | 441 | 85.5 |
| | BNP | Amanda Foster | 75 | 14.5 |
| | Conservative | Shirley Bowes | 0 | 0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 366 | 71.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 516 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Sedgefield (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Jim Wayman | 1,089 |
| | Conservative | David Brown | 1,017 |
| | Labour | John Robinson | 855 |
| | Labour | Ian Sutherland | 554 |
| | Independent | Lynne Goddard | 536 |
| | Labour | Philip Draper | 463 |
| | UKIP | Allison Morag | 247 |
| | BNP | Mark Colledge | 147 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,908 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
Ferryhill (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Paul Gittins | 820 |
| | Independent | Terry Hogan | 634 |
| | Independent | Brian Haigh | 613 |
| | Labour | Bob Fleming | 611 |
| | Labour | Malcolm Iveson | 549 |
| | Labour | Angela Fleming | 535 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,762 |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Spennymoor (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ben Ord | 884 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Liz Maddison | 747 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Wood | 624 |
| | BNP | Mark Walker | 513 |
| | Labour | Eddie Plews | 502 |
| | Labour | Frederick Ryder | 483 |
| | Labour | Kester Noble | 426 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,179 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Sunnydale (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Vernon Chapman | 406 |
| | Independent | Ina Jackson Smith | 404 |
| | Labour | Allan Walker | 382 |
| | Independent | Lorraine Smith | 342 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Burn | 178 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Len Cockfield | 167 |
| | BNP | James MacPherson | 92 |
| | Independent | Michael Stott | 75 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,046 |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
Thickley (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | David Hancock | 464 |
| | Labour | Brian Stephens | 446 |
| | Labour | Peter Quinn | 382 |
| | Independent | John Smith | 285 |
| | Independent | Jean Bird | 201 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Horner | 79 |
| | BNP | Andrea Whelpdale | 50 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Janine Mawson | 34 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,919 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Tudhoe (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Agnes Armstrong | 588 |
| | Labour | Barbara Graham | 577 |
| | Conservative | Matthew Miller | 352 |
| | BNP | Jacqueline Walker | 325 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,842 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
West (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Enid Paylor | 720 |
| | Independent | Helen Hutchinson | 662 |
| | Labour | George Gray | 631 |
| | Independent | Bill Curtis | 627 |
| | Labour | Maud Gray | 566 |
| | Labour | Alfred Tomlin | 502 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,708 |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
Woodham (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Sandra Haigh | 596 |
| | Labour | Joan Gray | 477 |
| | Independent | Lileen Cuthberson | 459 |
| | Independent | Michael Hutchinson | 449 |
| | Conservative | Melanie Varley | 420 |
| | Labour | Keith Henderson | 402 |
| | Labour | Barbara Clare | 401 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,204 |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |